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Also Known As Werner H. Stipetic
Born September 5, 1942 (age 84) • Munich • Germany
Notable Works “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” • “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” • “Family Romance, LLC” • “Fitzcarraldo” • “Grizzly Man” • “Lo and Behold, Reveries of a Connected World” • “Meeting Gorbachev” • “Nosferatu, the Vampyre” • “Queen of the Desert”

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Werner Herzog stands beside a large film camera with headphones around his neck on the set of The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans, with Nicolas Cage seated in the background.
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Klaus Kinski
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Leni Riefenstahl
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Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
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Denys Arcand
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Fred Zinnemann stands between Marlon Brando, left, in a suit, and Montgomery Clift, right, in a tank top, on the set of From Here to Eternity, with lockers in the background.
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Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple
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Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais
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Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
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Sofia Coppola smiling at the camera with shoulder-length wavy hair, wearing a sparkly top at the premiere of The Bling Ring in Los Angeles.
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Leonard Nimoy
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Krzysztof Kieślowski
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Mira Nair
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Carol Reed
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